Trending Topics: Twitter reacts to the NFL draft

Alabama free safety Haha Clinton-Dix poses with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected by the Green Bay Packers as the 21st pick in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft, Thursday, May 8, 2014, in New York.

Football fans were all over Twitter as the first round of the NFL draft unfolded Thursday night, providing instant reactions, snark and trends as certain players' stock rose and one in particular dropped.

The draft choices were often tweeted before they were announced by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

For Green Bay Packers fans, the wait for the 21st draft pick was less than three hours, though there was always the chance General Manager Ted Thompson could trade out of the first round. He didn't, as Press-Gazette Media tweeted:

Clinton-Dix already has a Twitter presence. He's also active on Instagram. Michelle Noyer-Granacki of Bleacher Report tweeted a picture that Clinton-Dix had posted to Instagram of him in a Packers' T-shirt on April 26.

Then on Sunday, football fans got to take part in the Press-Gazette Media's third annual mock NFL draft of the first round. Last year, the fans correctly predicted the Packers' first-round choice - Datone Jones.

Mosley was taken in the 17th round by the Baltimore Ravens. So much for the fans' pick, but we'll always have last year's correct prediction.

Meanwhile, Press-Gazette Media Packers reporter Pete Dougherty predicted the Packers would take Ohio State linebacker Ryan Shazier. The Buckeye ended up going in the 15th round to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

As the draft kicked off, Press-Gazette Media photographer Evan Siegle was in the Packers draft room and tweeted:

On draft day, it was inevitable that football fans would be reminded of Aaron Rodgers' long wait before being drafted and the unlikely scenario of him falling to the Packers in the 24th round. NFL on ESPN tweeted: